THE DAILY CROSSWORD
ACROSS
1 Ballplayer’s hat
4 Bygone Persian
rulers
9 Under
14 Baton Rouge sch. 15 Certain Tuscan
16 Suspect’s excuse 17 Feel ill
18 South American home of many pink dolphins
20 At one’s leisure
22 More current
23 Potato spot
24 Scientific studies
of pooled data
28 “Don’t believe
the __”
29 Make a mistake 33 Very small
35 Healing ointment 39 Top of the line
40 Diner dessert topped with a scoop
44 “Star Wars”
heroine
45 Sing the praises of 46 Snapchat snicker 47 Court game
50 “Knives Out” filmmaker Johnson
52 Bowlful of lettershaped pasta
58 Grampa Simpson 61 Feudal lord
62 Fire truck item
63 New venture that may collaborate with Y Combinator, and what 18-, 24-, 40-, and 52-Across each literally has?
67 “With all __
respect ... “
68 “West Side Story” role for Rachel Zegler
69 Sierra __, Africa 70 Place for a napkin
or a cat
71 Hit the books
72 Spanish
mister
73 Above-the-street
rumblers
DOWN
1 Call one’s own
2 “All kidding __ ... “3 End a project due to lack of funding, say
4 Place to take it
easy
5 He/__ pronouns
6 Yoga posture
7 Witch __: astringent lotion
8 Like some winter
nights
9 Wooden wine
container
10 Yale student
11 Reside (in)
12 Follow
orders
13 Undercover
agent’s device
19 Loch __ monster 21 “Great news!”
25 Altar area
26 Half-moon
tide
27 Former name of
Thailand
30 Simple flotation
device
31 Reverse
32 Kumquat
coat
33 Poet Whitman 34 Fencer’s blade 36 Untruth
37 Irk
38 Gulp down
41 “Blue Banisters” singer-songwriter Del Rey
42 Ancestral stories,
e.g.
43 Settled on a branch, as a bird
48 “Darn tootin’!” 49 Rotisserie rod
51 __-blond: grayish
shade
53 Recovers
54 Share an
opinion
55 Pick to win at the
track
56 Regular’s order,
with “the”
57 Marshmallow treats shaped like baby birds
58 Cash dispensers 59 Score more points
than
60Beige shade
64 Camouflaged
65 Game in which a player may get a red or a yellow card 66 According to